Report Cards

The Southwest High School counseling department has received a major pat on the back for its efforts after being recognized as a successful department by various state agencies. The school’s 2011 Support Personnel Accountability Report Card, or...

Conference USA Roundup: East Carolina pulls off last-second win over Tulsa, SMU falls at Texas Tech...

Nearly two years ago, Dalia van den Boogaard of Mission Viejo, Calif. sent me an essay she'd written about the jangle of emotions she'd felt when numerous family heirlooms and other possessions were destroyed by floodwaters that poured into her......

After failing to meet academic achievement benchmarks for a fourth consecutive year, Glenbrook High School District 225 must submit to a state-selected plan to improve, …...

Wheaton Warrenville District 200 failed to meet adequate yearly progress as required by the No Child Left Behind Act. Margo Sorrick, assistant superintendent for educational …...

Winnetka School District 36’s annual school report card shows high marks. Student performance on the Illinois Standards Achievement Test far outpaces the state average and …...

Vernon Hills and Libertyville students at Community High School District 128 overall have ranked higher than the state average on test scores. According to the …...

Inspired by an exhibit in Philadelphia's Mütter Museum of pins, teeth, toys and more, Mary Cappello's next book is "Swallow: Foreign Bodies, Their Ingestion, Inspiration and the Curious Doctor Who Extracted Them." The book, which comes out in December,...

High school students' scores on a national math and reading test are due out this morning and, for the first time, these 12th-grade NAEP scores will include some state-specific data, including results from Florida. Education Commissioner Eric Smith...

I'm sort of ambivalent about the whole rewards-for-good-grades thing, but a solid majority of parents say kids should get one for the other. At least that's what an online poll by TheMint.org — a site run by the Northwestern Mutual Foundation to...

Following an uproar from parents over the way elementary school students’ weight and height were measured to calculate their body mass index, and how the …...

UPDATED FRIDAY An archive of stories/analysis about Jean-Claude Brizard, Chicago mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel's choice to run the Chicago Public Schools. To those who are concerned that this set of links is too skewed toward negative and hostile coverage of...